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Texas A&M’s historical 2012 season has led many national opinions to believe that the Aggies can be a strong national contender in their second season in the SEC.

A&M has been ranked No. 1 or No. 1 in a few pre-season, way-too-early-type, polls but few of them have ventured as far as Austin American Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls did recently.

Not only does Bohls have A&M ranked as his No. 1 team in the nation in 2013, he believes they will be making a trip to the Rose Bowl for the 2014 BCS National Championship.

“Texas A&M; will win next season’s football national championship,” Bohls said. “Book it.”

Though “anything close to a guarantee” Bohls writes that the downfall of schools like Auburn and Arkansas along with the departure of youngsters from LSU have set the table for the Aggies to upend Alabama’s reign.

“There are any number of reasons to pick the Aggies over the two-time defending champion Crimson Tide, chief among them that A&M; was the only team to beat Nick Saban’s bunch last season and did it in Tuscaloosa, to boot,” Bohls said.

“The 2013 matchup between those two comes in week 3 in mid-September, and it’ll happen in College Station. Big edge to the Aggies.”

With record-setting quarterback Johnny Manziel returning, Bohls strongly believes the foundation is in place for A&M to be the SEC’s eighth straight national title bearer.

“OK, do not consider this anything close to a guarantee,” Bohls said. “But the Aggies look solid enough in January to earn the No. 1 spot on this We Don’t Want Football to End 2013 Preseason Top 25.”